Organizing Committee considers relaxing rules for the Games during Japan’s always hot and humid summer.
With the Tokyo Olympics less than a year away, excitement continues to grow as the city gets re…

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That’s when AKB48 released its first chart-topping single, “River.” I’d like to argue that the J-pop decade ended early, too.
And between Oct. 21, 2009, and March 14, 2019, the pop group largely domi…

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As young people continue to relocate to major cities, rural towns are looking for ways to boost their population.
Japan’s population is set to lose up to one-third of its population, down to 88 milli…

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Take a load off by watching a Japanese man feed stray cats.
I discovered Niiyan1216, a series of videos where a Japanese man feeds stray cats, over a year ago.
It’s not exactly mind-blowing—the chann…

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Over the years, we’ve seen a number of video tutorials showing us the amazing power of makeup.
And while many of these tutorials are often aimed at young women wanting to glow-up, today we’d like to …

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Just last month, the host of Comedy Central’s The Jim Jefferies Show, Jim Jeffries, came to Japan to investigate the reasons why “Millennials in Japan Aren’t F**king”.
Take a look at the clip below:I…

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KFC occasionally offers all-you-can-eat fried chicken in Japan, which is both a blessing and a curse.
But there’s now a raw of golden-fried hope on the horizon, as KFC is just about to open its first…

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Baldness affects some more than others, however, and a survey by Trip Advisor Japan has revealed the countries where male baldness is most common, with Japan found to have more bald men than any othe…

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By GaijinPot Blog Nov 15, 2019 8 min readSo, you want to study Japanese at a language school in Japan?
Based on what we’ve learned, here’s what we think are the most important things to consider when…

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East Japan’s premier hot spring town, the real-world Tokyo-3, wants you to bathe in LCL.
However, there’s only one hot spring in Japan that can offer you an Evangelion bath, and that’s Yunessun.
Just…

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